The Woman In Black

When actors take a role that changes their careers the media and fans tend to tight cast them as that character for the rest of their life, whether they are actors that have three movies under their belt or thirty movies under their belt the second they get that ‘hit’ movie they have to struggle to shake of that role. Zac Efron will forever be known as Troy Bolton, Johnny Depp is Captain Jack Sparrow and Kristin Stewart is Bella Swan, but if an actor is lucky they will take a role that will make fans and media look at them differently. Daniel Radcliff is one of those actors; he is no longer going to be Harry Potter after his role in The Woman in Black. Radcliff’s performance in this movie is one to be praised, a great first role from the movie’s that made him famous.

Radcliff put down the wand for a briefcase in his role as Arthur Kipps, a widowed lawyer and father to a young boy. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Susan Hill, bought out in 1983. The Woman in Black is about a lawyer who is struggling financially, he gets a last shot at his job when he is sent to a remote village to collect paper work on a dead woman. While there Kipps discovers that a ghost of a scorned vengeful woman is terrorizing the town locals and soon him.

The Woman in Black is defiantly a throwback to classic horror movies; they don’t make horror movies like this anymore. It has everything you look for in a scary movie, thrill, suspense and of course those moments that make you jump out of your seat and scream. The Woman in Black keeps you at the edge of your seat from the start to the end, it is defiantly going to be the best horror movie of 2012 but it should have a place as one of the best movies in 2012 if not ever. The Woman in Black is rated 14A but I do not recommend taking someone to this movie that is younger than 15, it is not meant for kids.

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